Japs Picket Soviets Over War Captives
Tokyo reports anti Soviet demonstrators tried to storm the Soviet embassy over the 376 000 missing Japanese prisoners. Gen MacArthur sought neutral help to uncover their fate and accused Moscow of a smokescreen. Guards repelled the protesters as 300 stood in the rain awaiting answers.
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Tokyo
U.P
Douglas MacArthur
MacArthur
William Sebald
U. S
Allied Council For Japan
Kuzma M. Derevyanko
Switzerland
British Commonwealth
Allied Council
International Red Cross
Derevyanko
Western powers weigh note on German prisoners of war
In Bonn on December 22 a British spokesman said the western occupation powers may send a strong note to Moscow and other eastern capitals demanding the release of German prisoners of war. He reported that Konrad Adenauer and the American British and French high commissioners discussed the issue last Friday and formed a subcommittee to draft proposals for action by their governments.
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Bonn
Germany
Moscow
Konrad Adenauer
Crown Prince Akihito Allowed Longer Hair at Sixteen
Tokyo timing notes Crown Prince Akihito reaches sixteen tomorrow and is granted a concession to grow his hair beyond the traditional cropped style. The change marks a rare relaxation in royal grooming rules.
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Tokyo
Akihito
FBI To Probe Auto Workers Bombing Plot
DETROIT December 22 FBI moved to investigate a dynamite plot against the C10 United Auto Workers union under civil rights and federal laws. Detroit police found 39 wrapped sticks in a cardboard box at the union building side door.
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FBI
Detroit
United Auto Workers Union
Howard McGrath
UAW Cio
UAW
Walter Reuther
Victor
The
Detroit Times
Jack Harvill
Harvill
Atty. Gen. McGrath
Washington
United States
Cold snap forecast for Tucson with warming weekend ahead
Below freezing temperatures were expected to linger in the Tucson area tonight as the weatherman projected a warming influence would arrive by the weekend. The U S weather bureau warned the mercury would fall to at least ...
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Tucson
U. S. Weather Bureau
Mercury
New York
Louisville
California
Arizona
Grand Canyon
Ajo
Kansas
Nebraska
Sedalia
Quincy
Berlin Couple Rescued After Suicide Attempt in Icy Lake
Police hauled a naked, shivering couple from a Grunewald forest lake. The man told investigators they planned to die together but the cold water stopped them.
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Berlin
Grunewald Forest
Uncertain Christmas Warmth Warms Tucson Forecast
Nighttime temperatures dip to 35 degrees with scattered areas likely to fall below freezing. Yesterday saw a low of 22 and a 43 degree high, while morning readings reached 26. Warmer conditions reduced odds of a white Christmas, with possible highs in the mid 40s by the weekend.
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Tucson
Who Will Succeed Stalin According to Western Guessers
Western experts speculate on Stalin’s heir as Molotov Malenkov or Beria, with a possible triumvirate. Molotov is seen as second in command, Malenkov rising after Zhdanov’s death, and Beria controlling the secret police. A dark horse could emerge, but most expect continuity and a prolonged cold war.
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London
Stalin
Josef Stalin
Soviet Union
Russia
Kremlin
V. M. Molotov
Molotov
Georgi Malenkov
Andrei Zhdanov
Malenkov
Beria
Politburo
Leon Trotsky
Lenin
West
Joff
Sedalia
State Highway Patrol
Kansas City
Hannibal
Quincy
WTAD
WGEM
WGAZ
Carthage
Quincy Herald-Whig
Peoria
Macomb
Cleveland Transit Walkout Halts City Buses and Streetcars
In Cleveland the city owned transit system faced a sudden strike by AFL Local 268 after a 496 to 287 vote against delaying action until January 16. Thousands depend on buses and streetcars as Mayor Burke decried the move while unions cite 96 hour 12 day paid vacations amid disputes over vacation pay rules.
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Cleveland
AFL Transit Union
Cleveland Transit System
Thomas P. Meaney
Ohio
Meaney
Thomas A. Burke
Burke
Harry C. Lang
Lang
Robert Stack
Detroit
Cleveland Federation of Labor
CTS
David Ralph Hertz
Seek Delay In Compensation Rate Increase
A plan to ask Gov. Garvey to request the Arizona Industrial Commission delay its proposed rate increase for 60 days will be studied by joint committees from the Tucson and Phoenix chambers of commerce. An independent actuarial firm would review potential cuts and corrective steps during the delay.
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Dan E. Garvey
Arizona Industrial Commission
Tucson Chamber of Commerce
Phoenix Chamber
Chambers of Commerce
Phoenix
Tucson
Organized Labor
Max Klinger
C. Edgar Goyette
Ed Carmack
Sears, Roebuck & Co
Arch Humphreys
A. P. Martin
John S. Sundt
Harold Burk
Employers Council
General Claims
Public Officers
Commission
Coates, Herforth-England
Und
VA ruling allows higher tuition payments to veteran students
The Veterans Administration decided it may pay higher tuition rates for GI students than state laws permit. The decision affects state and city schools, and centers on nonresident rates and the impact of state caps. VA asserts the GI Bill requires payment of these rates regardless of local legal limits.
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Washington
Veterans Administration
General Accounting Office
University of Wisconsin
Carl Gray
Lindsay Warren
Wisconsin
Gray
University of Arizona
Missing U S servicemen reportedly in Chinese hands
British sources tell the state department that two American servicemen missing over a year are believed held by Chinese Communists. Navy Chief Electrician William C. Smith from Long Beach and Marine Master Sgt Elmer C. Bender of Cincinnati are named.
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Washington
State Department
Navy
William C. Smith
Long Beach
Calif
Elmer C. Bender
Cincinnati
Ohio
Fordham Seismograph Records Central American Quake
A Fordham University seismograph recorded an earthquake apparently centered in Central America. A second tremor, possibly in Peru, was detected but details remain unclear.
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New York
Fordham University
Central America
Peru
CIO union may strike Southwestern Bell telephone
A CIO communications workers leader says a strike against Southwestern Bell Telephone Co. could start at any time. The union has asked for a conference with Gov. Forrest Smith in Jefferson City tomorrow.
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ST. Louis
CIO Communications Workers
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co
Forrest Smith
Jefferson City
Douglas Undergoes Facial Operation
New York report states Ambassador Lewis W. Douglas underwent a minor facial operation in hospital during the past two weeks. Earlier disclosures noted surgery for varicose veins in his legs. Dr. Edmund N. Goodman said the facial procedure was a small thing and did not specify its exact nature. Douglas is to be released Saturday.
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New York
Lewis W. Douglas
United States
Britain
Edmund N. Goodman
Stalin Is Seen By His Guests On His 70th Birthday
In Moscow the Bolshoi hosted a gala Stalin birthday event with the politburo and about 2,000 guests including Mao Tse-tung who spoke in Chinese and others from Hungary Spain Finland Germany France Austria Korea Mongolia and Czechoslovakia. Diplomats from the United States Britain and France attended a post celebration reception at Spiridonovka palace with champagne toasts to Stalin.
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Moscow
Josef Stalin
Stalin
Bolshoi Theater
Central Committee of the
Council of Ministers
Politburo
Mao Tse-tung
Mao
International Communist Movement
Chinese Communist Party
Soviet Union
Communist Parties
Hungary
Spain
Finland
Germany
France
Austria
Korea
Mongolia
Czechoslovakia
Poland
Bolshoi
Andrei Vishinsky
Spiridonovka Palace
United States
Britain
Europe
U. S
Alan G. Kirk
Sir David Kelley
Breaks Bones In Feet In Fall From Pole
Tex Trulock of St. Johns, 30, fell from an electric transmission line pole while inspecting a power break at St. Johns. He sustained fractures to both feet and head injuries and is hospitalized in Springerville.
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Springerville
Tex Trulock
St. Johns
Freezing Rain Blocks Roads and Wires Across Midwest
An ice storm left wide areas icy and cut communications in about 20 Missouri towns and central Illinois. The weather also caused multiple fatalities, with traffic crashes and fires linked to heaters and appliances.
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Chicago
Mississippi Valley
Missouri
Illinois
Indiana
Wabash River
Lafayette
Charleston
W. Va
Iowa
Ft. Warren
Woo
Oklahoma
Oregon
Midwest
Buffalo
N. Y
New York City
Monroe City
Paris
Otterville
Smithton
Green Ridge
Walker
Harwood
Shell City
Rockville
Windsor
Hughsville
Palmyra
Stoutville
Vandalia
Perryville
Centralia
Santa Fe
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co
Sedalia
Illinois Bell Telephone Co
Quincy
Carthage
Beardstown
Great Plains
Great Bend
Kas
Concordia
St. Joseph
Dodge City
Wichita
Beatrice
Fairbury
Neb
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R. H. Shackford
Orgburo
Secret Police
Lavrentia Beria
Joe Stalin
Klinger
Civil Aeronautics Board
American Overseas Airlines, Inc
Pan American Airways, Inc
Truman
Edenton
N. C
Here
Marine Air Base
Douglas
Moscow Theater
Department of Agriculture
Federal Reserve Board
Reserve Board
Quincey
Lower
Michigan
May Kovar Schafer
Thousand Oaks
Michael Kovar
Michael
Fred Schafer
Ft. Worth
Sultan
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